Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Blue Eyes
2. Luxury Liner
3. Do You Know How It Feels to Be Lonesome
4. I Must Be Somebody Else You've Known
5. Miller's Cave
6. Knee Deep in the Blues - (previously unreleased)
7. Hickory Wind
8. You're Still on My Mind
9. Christian Life, The
10. You Don't Miss Your Water
11. One Hundred Years From Now
12. Christine's Tune (Devil in Disguise)
13. Sin City
14. Do Right Woman
15. Dark End of the Street, The
16. Wheels
17. Juanita
18. Hot Burrito #1
19. Hot Burrito #2
20. High Fashion Queen
21. Older Guys
22. Cody, Cody
23. Wild Horses
24. Sing Me Back Home
DISC 2:
1. To Love Somebody
2. Still Feeling Blue
3. We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning
4. Song For You, A
5. Streets of Baltimore
6. She
7. New Soft Shoe, The
8. Kiss the Children
9. How Much I've Lied
10. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
11. That's All It Took
12. California Cottonfields
13. Return of the Grievous Angel - (remix)
14. Hearts on Fire
15. Brass Buttons
16. $1000 Dollar Wedding
17. Love Hurts
18. Ooh las Vegas
19. In My Hour of Darkness
20. Brand New Heartache
21. Sleepless Nights
22. Angels Rejoiced Last Night, The
| Details | | Playing Time: | 156 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Glen Campbell, Leon Russell, Linda Ronstadt | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
SACRED HEARTS AND FALLEN ANGELS contains tracks by various bands featuring Gram Parsons as well as his solo material and projects.
Personnel includes: Gram Parsons (vocals, guitar, piano); Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine); Chris Etheridge (vocals, piano, bass); Glen Campbell, Jim McGuinn, Herb Peterson (vocals, guitar); Chris Hillman (vocals, bass); John Hartsford (guitar, banjo); Bernie Leadon (guitar, dobro); John Nuese, Bob Buchanan, Donnie Owens, Clarence White (guitar); Jay Dee Maness, Lloyd Green, Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar); Alan Munde (banjo); Earl Ball, Bob Felts, Earl Ball, Leon Russell (piano); Steve Snyder (vibraphone); Chris Etheridge, Joe Osbourne, Roy M. Huskey, Emory Gordy (bass); Jon Corneal, Kevin Kelley, Eddie Hoh, Sam Goldstein, Thomas "Popeye" Phillips, Michael Clarke (drums); Linda Rondstadt (background vocals).
Producers include: Gram Parsons, Roy Halee, The Burritos, Jim Dickson, Henry Lewy.
Compilation producers: James Austin, Patrick Milligan, Gary Stewart.
Recorded between 1968 & 1976. Includes a 52-page booklet with photographs and liner notes by Holly George-Warren and Bud Scoppa.
Were it not for Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, the universally acknowledged king and queen of progressive country, countless young alt-counry bands would have never donned their faded Levi's and battered Telecasters in the first place, and even if they did, they'd surely sound a lot different. In 2001, the smart folks at Rhino Records saw fit to release comprehensive two-disc anthologies of both Harris and Parsons, highlighting the way the pair (separately and together) introduced post-Beatles folk and rock sensibilities into country and expanded it without diluting it.
This set chronicles the steps along Parson's path toward creating country-rock, from the hardcore honky-tonk of his International Submarine Band to his ground-breaking work with the Byrds and definitive country-rockers the Flying Burrito Brothers to his transcendent solo albums (where Harris proved a valuable vocal partner). While there's plenty of unadulterated country on this collection, it's the intersection between rock and country, an idea still fresh in its infancy, that is the pivot point here. Parsons's blend of drugged-out imagery, bluegrass fire-and-brimstone, and honky-tonk hell-raising informs tragedy ("$1000 Wedding"), reckless abandon ("Wheels"), piety ("In My Hour of Darkness"), and Americana narrative ("Return of the Grievous Angel") with equal aplomb.
Editorial Reviews
...It's pretty much primo stuff if you think The Jayhawks are as important as Merle Haggard...
Mojo (07/01/2001)
...If you're curious but uninformed about [this] giant, start here... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (05/04/2001)
5 stars out of 5 - ...Essential...standing with the very best of American roots music...
Q (08/01/2001)
5 stars out of 5 - [T]he music he made has lost none of its magic - these honky tonk laments, country death songs and heartbreaking ballads remain uniquely unforgettable, forever haunting, eternally beautiful.
Uncut
4 stars out of 5 - [T]here's some great music here - country, soul and cosmic - and most still sounds fresh.
Mojo
4 stars out of 5 - Without Parsons, there would have been no Americana, and country might have faded away with old-style rock'n'roll.
Q
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